wakhāma
unhealthiness, evil nature
وَخامَة
Word
Noun · pattern فَعالَةRoot
و خ مIn the library
قال ابن جزي: والناس يصفون مدينة نصيبين بفساد الماء والوخامة، وفيها يقول بعض الشعراء:
The Travels, page 112 →From the same root
- وَخُمَbe unhealthy
- وَخِمَhave indigestion
- وَخَمfilth, squalor
- وَخِمunhealthy, indigestible
- وَخِيمunhealthy, indigestible
- وَخِيمevil, fatal
- أَوْخَمworse, worst
- مُسْتَوْخَمunwholesome, indigestible
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries-
تَوَخَّمَ Form V Open entry
see 10. -
اِسْتَوْخَمَهُ Form X He found it (food) to be unwholesome
He found it (food) to be unwholesome; as also ↓ تَوَخَّمَهُ: (JK, K:) he found it (a land) to be insalubrious: (TA:) he found it (a country or town) to disagree with its inhabitants. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- مَا أَسْتَوْخِمُ أَنْ أَصْحَبَكَ: see 5 in art. جدب. -
وَخْمٌ A heavy person
A heavy person (K) [i. e., dull]. -
وَخَمٌ A tainted condition of the air, engendering pestilential diseases
A tainted condition of the air, engendering pestilential diseases. (TA.) -
وَخِيمٌ Unwholesome
Unwholesome food: (Mgh:) unsuitable food. (K.)
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